1 00:00:30,339 --> 00:00:34,899 He covered his nakedness and he covered him and the Bible in order 2 00:00:34,899 --> 00:00:35,339 to do that. 3 00:00:35,339 --> 00:00:37,859 The Bible says there was an animal that was slain. 4 00:00:37,939 --> 00:00:39,299 I believe it was a lamb. 5 00:00:42,259 --> 00:00:44,659 That's the first picture of Jesus in the Bible. 6 00:00:45,858 --> 00:00:47,459 Now he was there at creation. 7 00:00:48,979 --> 00:00:51,219 Let us make man in our image. 8 00:00:52,339 --> 00:00:56,099 The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, they weren't separated. 9 00:00:57,559 --> 00:00:58,479 That's another sermon. 10 00:00:58,479 --> 00:01:02,799 But the only time Jesus and his father ever separated was when 11 00:01:02,799 --> 00:01:05,399 he hung on the cross for our sins. 12 00:01:07,159 --> 00:01:07,959 Our sins. 13 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:09,559 He was separated from God. 14 00:01:09,639 --> 00:01:11,719 God's too holy to look upon sin. 15 00:01:12,039 --> 00:01:17,079 And all the sin of every man that would ever live was laid on 16 00:01:17,079 --> 00:01:17,559 Jesus. 17 00:01:18,599 --> 00:01:23,729 And God the Father punished his Son because of us. 18 00:01:28,209 --> 00:01:30,289 But there's pictures all through the Bible. 19 00:01:30,289 --> 00:01:36,289 And I want you to go to the book of Second Samuel, the book of 20 00:01:36,289 --> 00:01:39,089 Second Samuel, chapter number nine. 21 00:01:47,659 --> 00:01:53,739 There's a man in this chapter that most of us know very well, and 22 00:01:54,139 --> 00:01:54,939 we don't know. 23 00:01:55,259 --> 00:01:58,699 We probably have not memorized possibly his name. 24 00:01:59,899 --> 00:02:07,579 But his grandfather was Saul, King Saul, and his father was Jonathan. 25 00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:10,539 Now it's starting to come together, right? 26 00:02:10,539 --> 00:02:16,249 Jonathan, Jonathan and David, we're like that. 27 00:02:20,329 --> 00:02:26,129 And so we find this man in second Samuel, chapter nine, possibly 28 00:02:26,129 --> 00:02:27,609 maybe sitting on the floor. 29 00:02:27,609 --> 00:02:29,529 I'll tell you why in just a moment. 30 00:02:32,969 --> 00:02:34,449 Boy, what an artist picture. 31 00:02:34,449 --> 00:02:36,969 I'd love to wish I could paint, paint this picture. 32 00:02:40,899 --> 00:02:49,739 There was a knock on the door, and Mephibosheth is his name, couldn't 33 00:02:49,739 --> 00:02:53,019 get up and answer the door because he was lame in both of his 34 00:02:53,019 --> 00:02:53,459 feet. 35 00:02:54,739 --> 00:02:59,819 When he was a baby, he was dropped and it broke his legs and 36 00:02:59,819 --> 00:02:59,979 back. 37 00:02:59,979 --> 00:03:04,299 In those days, they didn't know how to reset and fix him so 38 00:03:04,299 --> 00:03:05,459 he could never walk again. 39 00:03:07,509 --> 00:03:10,669 So there's a knock on the door and he couldn't answer the door. 40 00:03:10,669 --> 00:03:12,709 So evidently he had a servant. 41 00:03:12,709 --> 00:03:14,389 We'll tell you his name in a moment. 42 00:03:15,749 --> 00:03:17,909 And so a servant answered the door. 43 00:03:19,429 --> 00:03:24,069 And Mephibosheth heard some armor clanging together. 44 00:03:27,749 --> 00:03:28,709 What in the world? 45 00:03:29,429 --> 00:03:31,349 And then he began to hear them talking. 46 00:03:34,149 --> 00:03:38,789 And pretty soon he realized they'd come for him. 47 00:03:42,309 --> 00:03:46,509 Mephibosheth, he's minding his own business, just sitting in the 48 00:03:46,509 --> 00:03:47,669 corner on the floor. 49 00:03:49,349 --> 00:03:54,309 Lo Debar was a very poor place in those days, a place of famine. 50 00:03:54,309 --> 00:03:58,469 And it was a very poverty stricken neighborhood. 51 00:04:02,649 --> 00:04:07,609 And I would imagine that Mephibosheth thought to himself, 52 00:04:09,129 --> 00:04:13,609 oh, no, they're taking me to David. 53 00:04:13,609 --> 00:04:14,249 The king. 54 00:04:16,489 --> 00:04:22,409 And my great, my grandfather tried to kill David more than once. 55 00:04:25,459 --> 00:04:27,259 Saul's dead, Jonathan's dead. 56 00:04:27,259 --> 00:04:28,659 They died on the battlefield. 57 00:04:30,419 --> 00:04:31,779 And now out of Nowhere. 58 00:04:31,779 --> 00:04:36,179 I knock on the door and here's a small group of men that come to 59 00:04:37,859 --> 00:04:43,539 take Mephibosheth to King David. 60 00:04:46,019 --> 00:04:50,499 Don't you think he must have thought, David's going to get revenge 61 00:04:50,499 --> 00:04:51,619 after all these years. 62 00:04:53,219 --> 00:04:57,939 He's going to take it out on me because of Saul. 63 00:05:00,339 --> 00:05:01,939 But something happened that day. 64 00:05:03,859 --> 00:05:08,498 When he got to the palace and was brought before David, everything 65 00:05:08,819 --> 00:05:09,539 changed. 66 00:05:10,899 --> 00:05:14,379 The Bible doesn't tell us this, but it's almost like David 67 00:05:14,379 --> 00:05:16,259 said, come here. 68 00:05:18,029 --> 00:05:20,589 Well, he couldn't walk, so again he had to be carried. 69 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:28,629 And David puts his arm around him and says, welcome, you have a 70 00:05:28,629 --> 00:05:29,469 new home now. 71 00:05:34,749 --> 00:05:42,669 And we soon find him sitting at the table of King David with David. 72 00:05:46,119 --> 00:05:52,359 If I was an artist and could picture that, I would picture Mephibosheth 73 00:05:52,999 --> 00:05:56,039 staring at David in unbelief. 74 00:05:57,399 --> 00:06:02,759 I would paint some tears coming down his face. 75 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,479 I don't know if I could do it, but if I was a good artist, I would 76 00:06:07,479 --> 00:06:10,839 maybe picture paint from the side that you could kind of see under 77 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:11,319 the table. 78 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:17,459 And Mephibosheth's feet are dangling because he can't stand or 79 00:06:17,459 --> 00:06:19,339 walk, but they're dangling. 80 00:06:20,459 --> 00:06:23,339 And I would paint a table, a banquet table. 81 00:06:26,699 --> 00:06:32,299 And if I could do it, I would paint a picture of David winking 82 00:06:34,299 --> 00:06:37,499 at Mephibosheth, smiling. 83 00:06:41,759 --> 00:06:45,519 And the great part of this is it wasn't just a one time event, 84 00:06:46,959 --> 00:06:50,439 but David said, for the rest of your life, you're eating. 85 00:06:50,439 --> 00:06:52,439 Every time I eat, you're going to eat at this table. 86 00:06:52,439 --> 00:06:53,279 That's your chair. 87 00:06:56,079 --> 00:06:57,439 I'm going to take care of you. 88 00:06:58,399 --> 00:07:00,799 Boy, what a difference a day makes. 89 00:07:01,119 --> 00:07:02,079 Or an hour. 90 00:07:04,089 --> 00:07:08,009 Assuming possibly that this could be his day of death. 91 00:07:10,329 --> 00:07:13,569 That became without a doubt the greatest day in the history of 92 00:07:13,569 --> 00:07:14,169 his life. 93 00:07:17,769 --> 00:07:19,929 Can you see yourself in that picture? 94 00:07:21,449 --> 00:07:23,409 You say, well, I was running to Jesus. 95 00:07:23,409 --> 00:07:24,489 No, you weren't running. 96 00:07:25,369 --> 00:07:26,809 You were running from Jesus. 97 00:07:27,689 --> 00:07:29,129 You couldn't, you were just. 98 00:07:29,209 --> 00:07:31,729 Your legs weren't any better than Mephibosheth. 99 00:07:31,729 --> 00:07:34,079 You couldn't run to heaven, you couldn't get to the Savior. 100 00:07:36,309 --> 00:07:39,589 And you got into conviction about realizing that you've sinned, 101 00:07:39,909 --> 00:07:44,549 not just made some mistakes, but you've been selfish and self 102 00:07:44,549 --> 00:07:48,909 centered and full of pride and said, I'm going to live the way I 103 00:07:48,909 --> 00:07:49,429 want to live. 104 00:07:50,549 --> 00:07:54,829 And the Holy Spirit convicted you and you began to fall down in 105 00:07:54,829 --> 00:08:01,299 your heart and on your knees possibly and said, oh no, I've sinned. 106 00:08:02,819 --> 00:08:04,099 It's called repentance. 107 00:08:04,899 --> 00:08:07,379 It's not seen much anymore these days. 108 00:08:08,179 --> 00:08:11,579 People come forward many times and say, oh, yeah, I agree. 109 00:08:11,579 --> 00:08:12,139 I've sinned. 110 00:08:12,139 --> 00:08:12,979 Yeah, everybody's sinned. 111 00:08:12,979 --> 00:08:14,019 Okay, now what do I do? 112 00:08:14,259 --> 00:08:15,059 What do you mean, now? 113 00:08:15,059 --> 00:08:15,419 Do I. 114 00:08:15,419 --> 00:08:16,178 What do I do? 115 00:08:17,219 --> 00:08:18,739 Don't you want to think about this? 116 00:08:18,979 --> 00:08:19,939 Oh, I already did. 117 00:08:20,099 --> 00:08:20,819 No, really. 118 00:08:22,499 --> 00:08:26,259 A lot of people do not understand the consequences of sin. 119 00:08:27,799 --> 00:08:31,519 But not only what about hell and all that, but to think what it's 120 00:08:31,519 --> 00:08:35,079 done to God and how it affects God. 121 00:08:38,759 --> 00:08:40,559 Don't you remember your life changing? 122 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,319 And all of a sudden you're invited to the table of Jesus? 123 00:08:44,319 --> 00:08:45,159 Come and dine. 124 00:08:45,239 --> 00:08:47,319 The Master calleth, come and dine. 125 00:08:48,439 --> 00:08:51,319 You may feast at Jesus table all the time. 126 00:08:52,209 --> 00:08:55,849 He who fed the multitude, turned the water into wine, till 127 00:08:55,849 --> 00:08:59,249 the hungry calleth, now come and dine. 128 00:09:01,569 --> 00:09:05,969 And if you've not been dining with Jesus at his table every day 129 00:09:05,969 --> 00:09:07,649 since then, that's not his fault. 130 00:09:10,609 --> 00:09:11,809 That's not his fault. 131 00:09:13,249 --> 00:09:14,529 Come and dine. 132 00:09:17,739 --> 00:09:22,379 Mephibosheth was not kidnapped. 133 00:09:24,539 --> 00:09:27,979 He was not forced at the point of a spear. 134 00:09:30,059 --> 00:09:34,779 These men, however many there were, must have said, wow. 135 00:09:35,499 --> 00:09:36,219 Come with us. 136 00:09:37,259 --> 00:09:41,259 We got some good news for you, Mr. Mephibosheth. 137 00:09:43,589 --> 00:09:44,469 He was invited. 138 00:09:46,629 --> 00:09:51,669 So many people today are invited, but they're not interested. 139 00:09:52,629 --> 00:09:54,949 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. 140 00:09:56,789 --> 00:09:58,309 How long does he have to knock? 141 00:10:01,589 --> 00:10:02,229 How long? 142 00:10:02,709 --> 00:10:04,229 How long has he been knocking? 143 00:10:07,989 --> 00:10:12,889 If any man hear my voice and we'll open the door, listen, I will 144 00:10:12,889 --> 00:10:18,969 come in and sup with him and he with me. 145 00:10:20,729 --> 00:10:24,929 It's not just, hey, you're saved now you don't have to go to 146 00:10:24,929 --> 00:10:25,249 hell. 147 00:10:25,249 --> 00:10:25,929 See you later. 148 00:10:27,289 --> 00:10:28,729 No, that's a byproduct. 149 00:10:29,209 --> 00:10:30,889 That's really not what it's all about. 150 00:10:31,049 --> 00:10:35,849 I mean, heaven is the cherry on top, but to be right with God 151 00:10:35,849 --> 00:10:38,809 and reconciled and no, ever, ever be alone again. 152 00:10:40,609 --> 00:10:42,209 That's what it means to be a Christian. 153 00:10:43,249 --> 00:10:47,969 To have a God that knows every secret you've got and he still loves 154 00:10:47,969 --> 00:10:49,569 you and says, come unto me. 155 00:10:50,929 --> 00:10:52,449 I want to be your shepherd. 156 00:10:58,209 --> 00:10:59,049 Second Samuel. 157 00:10:59,049 --> 00:10:59,969 But so many people. 158 00:11:00,289 --> 00:11:03,889 Listen, why? 159 00:11:05,179 --> 00:11:05,979 Why do we wait? 160 00:11:05,979 --> 00:11:07,259 Are you waiting for something better? 161 00:11:08,219 --> 00:11:09,099 Are you afraid? 162 00:11:09,099 --> 00:11:11,539 Maybe like Mephibosheth of, uh. 163 00:11:11,539 --> 00:11:14,179 Oh, open that door. 164 00:11:14,179 --> 00:11:15,819 I'm going to get what's coming to me. 165 00:11:17,979 --> 00:11:18,299 No. 166 00:11:18,299 --> 00:11:20,859 Jesus already suffered for what was coming to you. 167 00:11:25,019 --> 00:11:26,579 Verse one of chapter nine. 168 00:11:26,579 --> 00:11:30,379 David said, is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul 169 00:11:33,029 --> 00:11:37,669 that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 170 00:11:38,709 --> 00:11:43,589 There's your picture of Jesus in this story. 171 00:11:46,709 --> 00:11:48,469 Jonathan is Jesus. 172 00:11:49,829 --> 00:11:55,989 You see, God saves and blesses us for Jesus sake, not for our sake. 173 00:11:57,999 --> 00:11:58,319 David. 174 00:11:58,319 --> 00:12:03,159 Here is a picture of God the Father, who looks out and says, is 175 00:12:03,159 --> 00:12:09,039 there any out there that I can bless for Jonathan, for Jesus sake? 176 00:12:11,359 --> 00:12:15,199 And there was verse two of the house of Saul, a servant. 177 00:12:15,839 --> 00:12:17,759 This is a picture of the Holy Spirit. 178 00:12:21,119 --> 00:12:24,159 What this servant is going to do is what the Holy Spirit does, 179 00:12:25,609 --> 00:12:27,689 whose name was Ziba. 180 00:12:28,889 --> 00:12:33,849 And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, 181 00:12:33,849 --> 00:12:34,969 art thou Ziba? 182 00:12:34,969 --> 00:12:36,729 And he said, thy servant is he. 183 00:12:38,169 --> 00:12:44,089 And the king said, is there not yet any of the house of Saul 184 00:12:44,409 --> 00:12:47,369 that I may show the kindness of God unto him? 185 00:12:47,369 --> 00:12:51,819 David loved Jonathan with all of his heart. 186 00:12:51,819 --> 00:12:58,099 And Ziba said unto the king, jonathan hath yet a son which is 187 00:12:58,099 --> 00:12:59,499 lame on his feet. 188 00:13:01,419 --> 00:13:05,099 And the king said unto him, where is he? 189 00:13:08,219 --> 00:13:09,979 Can't you feel the anticipation? 190 00:13:11,419 --> 00:13:16,019 And Zeba said unto the king, behold, he is in the house of Machar, 191 00:13:16,019 --> 00:13:17,899 the son of Ammiel. 192 00:13:18,329 --> 00:13:20,329 Ammiel in Lo Debar. 193 00:13:22,009 --> 00:13:24,409 He lives over on the other side of the tracks. 194 00:13:26,169 --> 00:13:32,889 Then King David sent and fetched him out of the house of Machir, 195 00:13:33,449 --> 00:13:38,169 the son of Emmiel from Lo Debar. 196 00:13:41,609 --> 00:13:46,609 Now, when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, 197 00:13:46,609 --> 00:13:50,079 was come unto David, I don't know how long it took to get there. 198 00:13:51,599 --> 00:13:58,079 The very first thing it says, he fell on his face and did reverence. 199 00:13:59,999 --> 00:14:01,799 As far as I know, he never met David. 200 00:14:01,799 --> 00:14:02,719 He knew who David was. 201 00:14:02,719 --> 00:14:03,599 He knew the king. 202 00:14:04,399 --> 00:14:09,199 Now he's inside where the king is, and he's looking at the king. 203 00:14:10,479 --> 00:14:13,519 And instead of saying, oh, no, what are you gonna do? 204 00:14:14,469 --> 00:14:18,549 He fell on his face and worshiped reverence. 205 00:14:19,349 --> 00:14:24,789 And David said, mephibosheth, that he answered, behold thy servant. 206 00:14:25,909 --> 00:14:27,949 And then David said unto him, fear not. 207 00:14:27,949 --> 00:14:28,269 Why? 208 00:14:28,269 --> 00:14:29,349 Why did he say that? 209 00:14:29,909 --> 00:14:34,229 I think because the closer we get to God, the more we fear God. 210 00:14:35,829 --> 00:14:37,469 He still didn't know what was going to happen. 211 00:14:37,469 --> 00:14:38,949 David hadn't done anything yet. 212 00:14:40,079 --> 00:14:41,439 He probably was trembling. 213 00:14:42,399 --> 00:14:44,639 He probably was white as a sheet. 214 00:14:44,879 --> 00:14:49,759 He probably was thinking, this is my last day alive. 215 00:14:52,799 --> 00:14:57,199 Fear not, Boy, don't you love it when God says, fear not? 216 00:14:58,079 --> 00:15:00,159 Who else can say that and really mean it? 217 00:15:02,639 --> 00:15:04,359 The world will never say, fear not. 218 00:15:04,359 --> 00:15:05,919 The devil will never say, fear not. 219 00:15:07,909 --> 00:15:08,429 Fear not. 220 00:15:08,429 --> 00:15:12,549 And I don't know if there was a pause or not, but I don't think 221 00:15:12,549 --> 00:15:12,789 so. 222 00:15:12,789 --> 00:15:15,829 He said, for I will surely show thee kindness. 223 00:15:21,989 --> 00:15:22,629 Say that again. 224 00:15:22,949 --> 00:15:23,749 I didn't say it. 225 00:15:23,749 --> 00:15:24,869 He didn't have to say it again. 226 00:15:26,389 --> 00:15:29,269 And he didn't have to say, surely he says, relax. 227 00:15:29,989 --> 00:15:38,739 No, he said, surely going to show you kindness for Jonathan, thy 228 00:15:38,739 --> 00:15:51,459 father's sake and will restore thee all the land of Saul, thy father. 229 00:15:53,059 --> 00:15:53,459 What? 230 00:15:55,619 --> 00:16:01,299 Not only is he not going to kill me, not only is he smiling, 231 00:16:01,299 --> 00:16:03,459 at least maybe we can be friends. 232 00:16:04,419 --> 00:16:06,579 I've just inherited a fortune. 233 00:16:11,059 --> 00:16:11,539 Saul. 234 00:16:11,619 --> 00:16:14,619 All the land that Saul owned. 235 00:16:14,619 --> 00:16:16,739 I have no idea how much that would be. 236 00:16:21,619 --> 00:16:24,139 I think if I'd have been Mephibosheth, I would have passed 237 00:16:24,139 --> 00:16:24,819 out right there. 238 00:16:26,009 --> 00:16:30,489 And they'd have to call in, get some oxygen, slap me around a 239 00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:33,529 little bit, fan me, get me back to normal. 240 00:16:34,009 --> 00:16:35,289 But he's still not through. 241 00:16:37,049 --> 00:16:39,849 And thou shalt eat bread at my table. 242 00:16:39,849 --> 00:16:40,249 Today. 243 00:16:40,249 --> 00:16:41,609 No, he didn't say today. 244 00:16:41,769 --> 00:16:42,729 What's it say? 245 00:16:43,689 --> 00:16:44,489 Continually. 246 00:16:46,969 --> 00:16:47,769 Continually. 247 00:16:50,409 --> 00:16:57,549 And he bowed himself again, and he said this. 248 00:16:57,869 --> 00:17:04,069 What is thy servant that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog 249 00:17:04,069 --> 00:17:04,909 as I am? 250 00:17:05,469 --> 00:17:06,869 That gotta surprise me. 251 00:17:06,869 --> 00:17:11,069 When I first read that, we don't use that term much, but in 252 00:17:11,069 --> 00:17:14,509 biblical days, in fact, Gentiles were called dogs. 253 00:17:15,069 --> 00:17:17,149 And if you weren't a Jew, you were a Gentile. 254 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,479 But that was pretty low to be called a dog. 255 00:17:22,479 --> 00:17:27,919 But he knew in the face of the King David, just like we knew when 256 00:17:27,919 --> 00:17:31,839 we realized our sin and the results of our sin and what was facing 257 00:17:31,839 --> 00:17:32,199 us. 258 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:38,599 We felt like, I'm just a dead dog. 259 00:17:40,199 --> 00:17:42,919 Maybe you didn't think of that word, but you didn't say, well, it's 260 00:17:42,919 --> 00:17:44,919 about time you got here, because I've been trying to be a 261 00:17:44,919 --> 00:17:46,279 good person for a long time. 262 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:52,519 Who am I that a king should bleed and die for? 263 00:17:54,599 --> 00:18:00,119 Who am I that he should pray not my will, but dine for the answer. 264 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:06,599 I may never know why he ever loved me so, that to an old rugged 265 00:18:06,599 --> 00:18:12,599 cross he'd go, for who am I? 266 00:18:17,479 --> 00:18:22,199 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, 267 00:18:24,279 --> 00:18:30,279 I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and 268 00:18:30,279 --> 00:18:31,559 to all his house. 269 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:35,399 Now, that's interesting. 270 00:18:35,879 --> 00:18:38,039 Ziba's a servant, but he's in the house. 271 00:18:40,429 --> 00:18:43,389 Back in those days, your servant was almost like family. 272 00:18:46,749 --> 00:18:51,389 And he looked around and he said, I'm giving him and all of you 273 00:18:51,389 --> 00:18:52,909 guys all of his family. 274 00:18:52,989 --> 00:18:55,709 Now, we're going to see in a moment, only Jonathan gets to sit 275 00:18:55,709 --> 00:18:57,069 at the king's table every day. 276 00:18:57,069 --> 00:18:59,669 But the rest of them, they're not going to have to worry about 277 00:18:59,669 --> 00:19:00,989 much the rest of their life. 278 00:19:04,199 --> 00:19:08,119 You know, the Bible interestingly says, when the jailer 279 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:09,879 said, what must I do to be saved? 280 00:19:11,079 --> 00:19:18,639 And the Bible says, Paul said unto him, believe on the Lord Jesus 281 00:19:18,639 --> 00:19:24,039 Christ and thou shalt be saved in Thy house. 282 00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:29,919 You see, if your parents are Christians, you're not automatically 283 00:19:29,919 --> 00:19:30,279 saved. 284 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:32,999 You can go to hell and still your mom and dad could be in heaven, 285 00:19:33,849 --> 00:19:35,129 and you never see heaven. 286 00:19:35,289 --> 00:19:36,889 You have to get saved for yourself. 287 00:19:37,049 --> 00:19:40,609 You're not automatically got a free pass because mom and dad are 288 00:19:40,609 --> 00:19:40,969 saved. 289 00:19:42,889 --> 00:19:47,169 But it's never been God's will for only mom and dad to get saved 290 00:19:47,169 --> 00:19:48,009 and not the kids. 291 00:19:49,369 --> 00:19:51,889 God wants all the family to be in heaven together. 292 00:19:51,889 --> 00:19:55,369 He don't want families to be splintered and divided and broke 293 00:19:55,369 --> 00:19:55,689 up. 294 00:19:59,149 --> 00:20:03,789 That's why it's so important, mom and dad, that you not only tell 295 00:20:04,109 --> 00:20:07,149 your children how to be saved, but show them how wonderful it is 296 00:20:07,149 --> 00:20:11,869 to be saved and that you don't have to do anything, but you get 297 00:20:11,869 --> 00:20:13,869 to do everything that God wants you to do. 298 00:20:18,109 --> 00:20:18,789 Verse 10. 299 00:20:18,789 --> 00:20:22,909 Thou, therefore, and thy sons and thy servants shall till the land 300 00:20:22,909 --> 00:20:23,389 for him. 301 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:27,949 Well, he couldn't till the land because he was crippled. 302 00:20:29,869 --> 00:20:36,749 And thou shalt bring in the fruits of the land that thy master's 303 00:20:36,749 --> 00:20:38,509 son may have food to eat. 304 00:20:42,669 --> 00:20:44,349 Mephibosheth had a son. 305 00:20:46,109 --> 00:20:47,869 So now we got another one in the picture. 306 00:20:47,869 --> 00:20:50,189 A grandson of Saul. 307 00:20:55,239 --> 00:20:56,519 Or is it a great grandson? 308 00:20:59,959 --> 00:21:05,439 But Mephibosheth, he said his son will always have fruit, and all 309 00:21:05,439 --> 00:21:08,399 the rest of you will, because I want you to take care of the land 310 00:21:08,399 --> 00:21:11,719 and till it and bring in the fruits and enjoy it. 311 00:21:12,839 --> 00:21:16,519 But again he says, for the second time. 312 00:21:19,979 --> 00:21:26,459 But Mephibosheth, thy master's son shall eat bread always at my 313 00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:27,899 table. 314 00:21:37,259 --> 00:21:42,779 You know, the table of God. 315 00:21:44,629 --> 00:21:46,709 It's not just food he's talking about. 316 00:21:48,549 --> 00:21:51,829 In fact, God says, take no thought of what ye shall eat, or 317 00:21:51,829 --> 00:21:53,869 what ye shall drink, or what ye shall put on. 318 00:21:53,869 --> 00:21:58,109 Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be 319 00:21:58,109 --> 00:21:58,949 added unto you. 320 00:22:02,709 --> 00:22:04,629 He's going to sit at the table forever. 321 00:22:07,989 --> 00:22:10,349 Does that mean after supper he's on his own? 322 00:22:10,349 --> 00:22:10,709 No. 323 00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:18,119 Ziba had 15 sons and 20 servants. 324 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:21,199 That's 35 altogether in one house. 325 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,479 Then said Ziba unto the king, according to all that, my lord the 326 00:22:27,479 --> 00:22:31,919 king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. 327 00:22:33,599 --> 00:22:39,689 As for Mephibosheth, said the king, this is the third time he shall 328 00:22:39,689 --> 00:22:42,609 eat at my table as one of the king's sons. 329 00:22:43,969 --> 00:22:46,809 I don't know how long it's been, Brother Nonson, but I know 330 00:22:46,809 --> 00:22:47,889 you've used it before. 331 00:22:49,089 --> 00:22:50,449 I'm a child of the king. 332 00:22:52,209 --> 00:22:53,809 I'm a child of the king. 333 00:22:56,769 --> 00:23:00,969 We don't act like it, we don't talk like it, and we don't live like 334 00:23:00,969 --> 00:23:01,249 it. 335 00:23:01,809 --> 00:23:03,089 That's not God's fault. 336 00:23:07,899 --> 00:23:14,259 And Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Micah. 337 00:23:14,259 --> 00:23:18,659 And all that dwelled in the house of Ziba were servants unto 338 00:23:18,659 --> 00:23:19,739 Mephibosheth. 339 00:23:21,179 --> 00:23:23,979 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem. 340 00:23:25,739 --> 00:23:35,669 For he did eat continually at the king's table and was lame on 341 00:23:35,669 --> 00:23:36,349 both his feet. 342 00:23:36,349 --> 00:23:37,629 David was not a healer. 343 00:23:37,629 --> 00:23:41,029 He couldn't heal his legs. 344 00:23:44,309 --> 00:23:48,149 He was lame, but never the same. 345 00:23:49,269 --> 00:23:49,909 Amen. 346 00:23:50,949 --> 00:23:52,269 You ever feel a little lame? 347 00:23:52,269 --> 00:23:52,869 Sometimes. 348 00:23:52,949 --> 00:23:55,439 You say feel a little. 349 00:23:56,959 --> 00:23:58,159 Come on, preacher. 350 00:24:01,279 --> 00:24:04,479 As a Christian, we still have that old nature in us, don't we? 351 00:24:04,799 --> 00:24:07,199 And it causes us to limp. 352 00:24:07,999 --> 00:24:11,399 One day we'll walk straight up and down and never take a wrong step 353 00:24:11,399 --> 00:24:15,359 and never have a bad thought and never sin again. 354 00:24:17,919 --> 00:24:22,569 We've already been saved from the penalty of sin. 355 00:24:23,289 --> 00:24:26,489 That was paid for over 2000 years ago. 356 00:24:28,009 --> 00:24:29,489 But you have to pick up the receipt. 357 00:24:29,489 --> 00:24:30,569 You have to claim it. 358 00:24:31,849 --> 00:24:33,609 You're not automatically saved. 359 00:24:36,009 --> 00:24:37,689 But he paid the penalty. 360 00:24:42,169 --> 00:24:52,099 And we, by the Spirit of God and the word of God, can have victory 361 00:24:52,099 --> 00:24:53,539 over the power of sin. 362 00:24:53,539 --> 00:24:54,699 We don't have to sin. 363 00:24:54,699 --> 00:24:55,539 We do sin. 364 00:24:57,139 --> 00:25:00,819 That's a fact that God never said. 365 00:25:00,979 --> 00:25:02,259 You're just going to have to sin. 366 00:25:02,259 --> 00:25:03,379 You're going to have to live with that. 367 00:25:03,539 --> 00:25:09,659 No, we can not live above sin. 368 00:25:09,659 --> 00:25:12,539 If there are denominations said if you're really saved, you 369 00:25:12,539 --> 00:25:13,259 don't sin anymore. 370 00:25:13,259 --> 00:25:14,339 You live above sin. 371 00:25:15,379 --> 00:25:18,659 Well, the only way to live above sin is to rent an apartment 372 00:25:18,659 --> 00:25:19,379 over a bar. 373 00:25:26,979 --> 00:25:28,259 But we don't have to sin. 374 00:25:28,259 --> 00:25:30,419 Sin shall not have dominion over you. 375 00:25:32,099 --> 00:25:33,779 It does, but it doesn't have to. 376 00:25:34,819 --> 00:25:39,459 We have power through the filling of the Holy Spirit. 377 00:25:39,459 --> 00:25:41,099 You can't be filled with the Holy Spirit. 378 00:25:41,099 --> 00:25:44,259 That means to be controlled and sin at the same time. 379 00:25:45,219 --> 00:25:47,139 That is absolutely impossible. 380 00:25:48,659 --> 00:25:51,219 You can't be filled with the Holy Spirit and lie. 381 00:25:53,459 --> 00:25:56,659 You can't be filled with the Holy Spirit and spread gossip. 382 00:25:57,139 --> 00:26:00,619 You can't be filled with the Holy Spirit and rob God of the tithes 383 00:26:00,619 --> 00:26:01,299 and offerings. 384 00:26:01,699 --> 00:26:02,739 You can't do it. 385 00:26:03,939 --> 00:26:08,979 You have to stop being filled and fill yourself with yourself. 386 00:26:14,899 --> 00:26:17,779 We've already been saved from the penalty of sin. 387 00:26:17,779 --> 00:26:21,619 We can be saved from the power of sin if we really want to be. 388 00:26:22,979 --> 00:26:26,659 But praise God, one day we shall be saved from the presence 389 00:26:26,659 --> 00:26:27,459 of sin. 390 00:26:28,739 --> 00:26:32,739 No devil, no temptation, no sin. 391 00:26:33,699 --> 00:26:36,019 No need to confess our sin. 392 00:26:39,569 --> 00:26:40,969 You see, we have been saved. 393 00:26:40,969 --> 00:26:43,489 We are being saved, and we shall be saved. 394 00:26:44,369 --> 00:26:48,089 It's not a process, but when you get saved, you've been forgiven. 395 00:26:48,089 --> 00:26:49,289 Your sins are washed Away. 396 00:26:49,289 --> 00:26:50,289 You're a child of God. 397 00:26:50,289 --> 00:26:52,849 You can sit at the table as many times as you want to. 398 00:26:56,929 --> 00:26:58,129 You have been saved. 399 00:26:58,769 --> 00:26:59,969 You are being saved. 400 00:26:59,969 --> 00:27:02,289 Now if you'll let God have his way in your life. 401 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,399 And one day we shall be saved forever from sin. 402 00:27:07,439 --> 00:27:08,559 This is another sermon. 403 00:27:08,559 --> 00:27:09,439 I'm running out of time. 404 00:27:09,439 --> 00:27:12,559 But you may remember Jacob, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. 405 00:27:12,559 --> 00:27:13,679 Yeah, okay, I got it. 406 00:27:14,559 --> 00:27:19,959 And Jacob, the Bible says, was supplanter. 407 00:27:19,959 --> 00:27:21,199 He was a schemer. 408 00:27:22,879 --> 00:27:26,919 He was not a good dude, pardon the expression, not yet. 409 00:27:26,919 --> 00:27:28,109 He turned in to do good. 410 00:27:28,259 --> 00:27:29,299 God used him greatly. 411 00:27:29,299 --> 00:27:35,379 But he cheated his brother because taking his mother's bad advice, 412 00:27:38,339 --> 00:27:41,339 and the Bible says he got on the run. 413 00:27:41,339 --> 00:27:45,139 He ran because he was scared to death his brother was going to 414 00:27:45,139 --> 00:27:46,019 catch up with him. 415 00:27:46,579 --> 00:27:51,659 For 20 years he ran, hiding, living in fear. 416 00:27:51,659 --> 00:27:55,449 Wonder if he's going to show up at the store around the next corner. 417 00:27:55,449 --> 00:27:56,609 He's living in fear. 418 00:27:58,849 --> 00:28:03,009 You see, when we hide sin in our life, we can't have peace and 419 00:28:03,009 --> 00:28:03,289 joy. 420 00:28:03,289 --> 00:28:06,529 We're not free and we walk afraid. 421 00:28:06,529 --> 00:28:07,609 We're going to be find out. 422 00:28:07,609 --> 00:28:09,329 Somebody's going to find out the truth. 423 00:28:10,449 --> 00:28:12,849 I've been pretending, but there's somebody's going to find 424 00:28:12,849 --> 00:28:13,249 it out. 425 00:28:13,409 --> 00:28:14,569 Boy, what a way to live. 426 00:28:14,569 --> 00:28:15,169 Amen. 427 00:28:16,449 --> 00:28:21,899 Well, don't you want to live free in full liberty? 428 00:28:23,339 --> 00:28:26,619 Jacob was running and finally he met God. 429 00:28:27,899 --> 00:28:28,939 Actually, he met Christ. 430 00:28:28,939 --> 00:28:30,379 It was a theophany of Christ. 431 00:28:30,379 --> 00:28:35,019 That means a pre incarnate presence of Christ. 432 00:28:36,219 --> 00:28:38,219 And the Bible says they wrestled all night. 433 00:28:38,699 --> 00:28:40,219 I wish we had time to go there. 434 00:28:40,379 --> 00:28:42,379 Boy, you talk about a wrestling match. 435 00:28:44,379 --> 00:28:49,109 And I believe Jacob was trying to get away. 436 00:28:50,309 --> 00:28:54,549 But right in the middle of that fight, God touched the hollow 437 00:28:54,629 --> 00:29:01,189 in his thigh and he fell and he grabbed ahold of Jesus. 438 00:29:02,069 --> 00:29:03,189 Yeah, it was Jesus. 439 00:29:03,989 --> 00:29:05,989 If we had time, I could prove that to you. 440 00:29:08,149 --> 00:29:09,669 But now he's trying to get away. 441 00:29:09,669 --> 00:29:10,949 Now he's trying to hold on. 442 00:29:14,589 --> 00:29:20,589 And he said, I will not let thee go unless you bless me. 443 00:29:21,709 --> 00:29:22,709 Well, what a story. 444 00:29:22,709 --> 00:29:27,789 But what's interesting, the reason I brought that up, is as you 445 00:29:27,789 --> 00:29:29,869 see him going on with his life. 446 00:29:29,949 --> 00:29:33,949 Jacob, the Bible says he halted on his thigh. 447 00:29:35,069 --> 00:29:36,669 He had to have a big stick. 448 00:29:37,799 --> 00:29:40,359 You see, he had been running for 20 years and now he can't run 449 00:29:40,359 --> 00:29:40,919 anymore. 450 00:29:41,159 --> 00:29:45,079 But he's happier, even though he's got a limp. 451 00:29:46,599 --> 00:29:50,279 He's much happier now because he got right. 452 00:29:51,479 --> 00:29:54,759 He got right with God, he got right with his brother and his life 453 00:29:54,759 --> 00:29:59,159 turned around and he became a great man of God. 454 00:30:00,919 --> 00:30:01,879 He quit running. 455 00:30:02,769 --> 00:30:04,769 You know, you can run while you're Sitting in church. 456 00:30:08,369 --> 00:30:09,249 Yeah, you can. 457 00:30:19,409 --> 00:30:20,689 A lot of people pretend. 458 00:30:20,689 --> 00:30:27,089 They say, well, I'll get better or I'll think about it. 459 00:30:29,339 --> 00:30:32,299 Some say, well, I'm living my life the way I want to live it. 460 00:30:33,819 --> 00:30:34,779 I don't want change. 461 00:30:35,659 --> 00:30:39,219 I don't want anybody telling me how I'm supposed to live and what 462 00:30:39,219 --> 00:30:40,219 I'm supposed to do. 463 00:30:42,299 --> 00:30:46,659 There's a lot of reasons, excuses, people give for not surrendering 464 00:30:46,659 --> 00:30:48,619 and serving God or for not being saved. 465 00:30:49,179 --> 00:30:56,309 But all this simply is that Mephibosheth, his life was changed 466 00:30:56,309 --> 00:30:57,589 by the grace of God. 467 00:30:58,949 --> 00:31:00,229 It wasn't a reward. 468 00:31:00,309 --> 00:31:01,989 He didn't have anything to do with it. 469 00:31:03,189 --> 00:31:09,069 He's just sitting on the floor just like you and I were before we 470 00:31:09,069 --> 00:31:09,749 got saved. 471 00:31:11,029 --> 00:31:11,589 Grace. 472 00:31:14,549 --> 00:31:18,069 David said, do you know anybody that I can be a blessing 473 00:31:18,389 --> 00:31:18,709 for? 474 00:31:18,709 --> 00:31:20,589 Jonathan, my best friend's sake? 475 00:31:20,589 --> 00:31:21,189 I miss him. 476 00:31:21,189 --> 00:31:21,909 I love him. 477 00:31:23,269 --> 00:31:26,709 I want to be good to anybody that's related to him. 478 00:31:29,989 --> 00:31:33,029 You know, when we get to the place we need to be saved, you know 479 00:31:33,029 --> 00:31:35,829 what we do, what we should do if we understand the gospel. 480 00:31:36,309 --> 00:31:38,869 Lord, would you save me for Jesus sake? 481 00:31:40,389 --> 00:31:43,269 Nothing in my hand I bring simply to the cross. 482 00:31:43,269 --> 00:31:43,989 I cling. 483 00:31:44,389 --> 00:31:45,749 I have no good works. 484 00:31:45,989 --> 00:31:47,189 I've not done anything. 485 00:31:47,189 --> 00:31:48,469 It's been all about me. 486 00:31:49,159 --> 00:31:50,199 But could you save me? 487 00:31:50,199 --> 00:31:52,679 Would you save me for Jesus sake? 488 00:31:52,919 --> 00:31:53,719 That's grace. 489 00:31:55,479 --> 00:31:56,519 It's not a reward. 490 00:31:59,079 --> 00:32:02,039 A lot of people are hoping they're going to get to heaven and 491 00:32:02,119 --> 00:32:03,039 that's their reward. 492 00:32:03,039 --> 00:32:04,919 I'm going to go to heaven because I'm a good person. 493 00:32:06,279 --> 00:32:08,679 You're saved by grace, not of works. 494 00:32:09,399 --> 00:32:14,599 Lest any man should boast, Lay him on his feet. 495 00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:17,679 Lived in lo debar, but he was fetched out. 496 00:32:21,199 --> 00:32:25,159 He brought me also out of an horrible pit and set my feet upon 497 00:32:25,159 --> 00:32:30,159 a rock and established my goings and put a song in my mouth. 498 00:32:33,599 --> 00:32:35,599 And he became a servant of David. 499 00:32:36,159 --> 00:32:41,279 Mephibosheth did, but not because he had to, because he wanted 500 00:32:41,279 --> 00:32:41,519 to. 501 00:32:46,169 --> 00:32:47,769 I can't put a want to in you. 502 00:32:49,289 --> 00:32:53,409 I can tell you as a preacher what the Bible says and how you ought 503 00:32:53,409 --> 00:32:56,289 to live and how God wants you to live and how God can bless you 504 00:32:56,289 --> 00:32:58,329 and your life can be better and better and better. 505 00:32:59,529 --> 00:33:01,529 Man, I can't make you want to do that. 506 00:33:04,329 --> 00:33:07,229 That's between you and God. 507 00:33:08,339 --> 00:33:08,979 Fear not. 508 00:33:11,059 --> 00:33:15,819 I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan, thy father's 509 00:33:15,819 --> 00:33:16,099 sake. 510 00:33:16,099 --> 00:33:18,579 You eat at my table continually. 511 00:33:19,299 --> 00:33:23,618 I know you feel like a dead dog, but I love dogs. 512 00:33:27,539 --> 00:33:28,979 Forever taken care of. 513 00:33:31,539 --> 00:33:35,229 Found out he had a son, Mephibosheth. 514 00:33:35,709 --> 00:33:36,189 Wow. 515 00:33:37,309 --> 00:33:39,469 He's still lame but never the same. 516 00:33:40,909 --> 00:33:45,069 Don't get discouraged because sometimes you miss a step Sometimes 517 00:33:45,549 --> 00:33:47,549 you realize I'm still lame. 518 00:33:48,749 --> 00:33:53,669 I still didn't stand up like I should have for the cause I didn't 519 00:33:53,669 --> 00:33:54,349 speak up. 520 00:33:54,989 --> 00:33:55,949 I blended in. 521 00:33:55,949 --> 00:33:58,109 I faded into the crowd. 522 00:34:01,079 --> 00:34:01,879 Cause I'm lame. 523 00:34:04,119 --> 00:34:06,039 Mephibosheth had to be carried. 524 00:34:06,919 --> 00:34:08,119 Hey, good news. 525 00:34:09,159 --> 00:34:16,479 God says, I'll carry you where you want to go, how close you want 526 00:34:16,479 --> 00:34:16,919 to be. 527 00:34:18,279 --> 00:34:19,119 I'll carry you. 528 00:34:19,119 --> 00:34:20,799 Don't worry about you. 529 00:34:20,799 --> 00:34:21,679 Can't walk very good. 530 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:24,679 Hey, listen, the old songwriter said I can't even walk 531 00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:26,039 without him holding my hand. 532 00:34:31,159 --> 00:34:32,279 He had to be carried. 533 00:34:35,319 --> 00:34:37,959 Most of the time, God carries me. 534 00:34:38,039 --> 00:34:39,719 No, no, no, that's not true. 535 00:34:40,519 --> 00:34:42,119 All the time he carries me. 536 00:34:44,359 --> 00:34:50,599 He puts me down sometimes knowing I can't walk. 537 00:34:50,599 --> 00:34:53,608 But to teach me a lesson, I fall down. 538 00:34:55,208 --> 00:34:56,328 See, I told you. 539 00:34:57,768 --> 00:34:58,808 Let me carry you. 540 00:34:58,808 --> 00:34:59,528 Hold my hand. 541 00:35:00,968 --> 00:35:01,368 No. 542 00:35:01,368 --> 00:35:03,208 Let me take that back and I'll shut up. 543 00:35:04,568 --> 00:35:05,768 Let me hold your hand. 544 00:35:08,088 --> 00:35:08,647 Mm. 545 00:35:08,728 --> 00:35:10,088 There's a difference, isn't it? 546 00:35:12,488 --> 00:35:14,568 I always wanted to hold my dad's hand. 547 00:35:14,568 --> 00:35:17,088 When I was a little kid, if I was scared or in trouble or something, 548 00:35:17,088 --> 00:35:19,968 I wanted to hold his hand so that after it was okay, I could let 549 00:35:19,968 --> 00:35:20,248 go. 550 00:35:21,929 --> 00:35:24,049 But when he was holding my hand, he was a little bit stronger 551 00:35:24,049 --> 00:35:24,329 than me. 552 00:35:24,329 --> 00:35:25,289 I had a little baby hand. 553 00:35:25,289 --> 00:35:29,929 He had a big hand, and he held me. 554 00:35:31,209 --> 00:35:32,529 You want to hold hands with God? 555 00:35:32,529 --> 00:35:34,089 Or do you want God to hold hands? 556 00:35:34,089 --> 00:35:35,049 Hold your hand. 557 00:35:38,009 --> 00:35:40,849 You fall the way you lean, you lean. 558 00:35:40,849 --> 00:35:44,329 The way you look, you look the way you love. 559 00:35:44,329 --> 00:35:49,379 Let's stand together with heads bowed and eyes closed, everyone 560 00:35:49,459 --> 00:35:49,979 standing. 561 00:35:49,979 --> 00:35:54,659 Maybe God spoke to you and said, I don't think he did. 562 00:35:54,659 --> 00:35:55,779 Or maybe you weren't listening. 563 00:35:55,779 --> 00:35:56,419 I don't know. 564 00:35:58,419 --> 00:36:00,019 I think God's always speaking. 565 00:36:05,379 --> 00:36:07,939 I'll give you an opportunity to answer. 566 00:36:08,739 --> 00:36:16,919 An opportunity like Mephibosheth, to come up and hold 567 00:36:16,919 --> 00:36:18,919 your hands up and say, lord, would you hold me? 568 00:36:18,919 --> 00:36:19,959 Would you pick me up? 569 00:36:20,759 --> 00:36:21,799 Because I'm in trouble. 570 00:36:21,799 --> 00:36:22,839 I don't know what to do. 571 00:36:23,079 --> 00:36:24,199 Nobody believes me. 572 00:36:24,199 --> 00:36:25,879 I don't have any control. 573 00:36:26,039 --> 00:36:27,639 The future's not looking good. 574 00:36:30,599 --> 00:36:31,799 I need you, Lord. 575 00:36:33,959 --> 00:36:36,759 We're going to have a verse of invitation and ask you to come. 576 00:36:37,559 --> 00:36:39,399 If you don't want to come, that's okay.